Poetry Flashcards
Who wrote charge of the light brigade and when
Alfred lord Tennyson
1854
Who wrote exposure and when
Wilfred Owen
1917
Who wrote bayonet charge and when
Ted Hughes
1957
Who wrote remains and when
Simon armitage
2008
Who wrote poppies and when
Jane weir
2009
Who wrote war photographer and when
Carol Ann Duffy
1985
What is the context of the charge of the light brigade
Based on the Crimean war, where miscommunication sent the light brigade into combat
What is the context for exposure
Based on Owens first hand experiences in the trenches.
The winter of 1917 was particularly bitter
He describes the reality of war
What is the context for beyonnet charge
A solid is shown as more of a weapon than man- lost humanity - Hughes is reflecting upon the deaths in ww1 where Hughes father was a veteran
Hughes poems often examine mans impact on nature
What is the context for remains
A poem Based on real life soldiers experiences in Iraq and his post traumatic stress disorder. The first person narrative mimics the interview armitage conducted
What is the context for poppies
The setting of the poem is ambiguous, as there are suggestions it’s modern conflict but also frequent links to past memory
Published in the guardian
What is the context for war photographer
Photographs, in the past had to be carefully developed under a red light, the slowness of the developing photographs could link to the prolonged feeling of guilt the photographer gets from his Job
This is an interesting and unusual perspective of war from a job that is both sad and dangerous
Name 2 devices used in charge of the light brigade and explain the effects
Repetition and anaphora emphasise the relentless forward motion of the soldiers and how they followed orders
Spoken in 3rd person therefore sounds like an official account
Name 2 devices used in exposure and the effects of them
Para rhyme scheme of ABBAC, together with a jarring metre makes the poem sound uncomfortable like the prolonged physical and mental pain of the awaiting soldiers.
Repetition is used - but nothing happens- this reflects the nihilism the soldiers feel
Name 2 devices used in bayonet charge and the effect of them
The verbs used give a sense of frantic movement and lack of control
Semantic fields of war and nature are juxtaposed, showing the impact of war on the land
Name 2 devices used in remains and the effect of them
Enjambment reflects the continuing nature of memories after war
Name 2 devices used in poppies and the effect of them
The form of the first Person dramatic monologue allows us to experience the inner emotions of the speaker
Ambiguity caused in the first stanza as we aren’t sure of the sons fate
Name THREE devices used in war photographer and the effect of them
Religious imagery to describe the light and photographer underlines importance of the job even though sometimes is challenging
Congrats made between dystopian war land and utopian homeland
Regular and constant stanza length represent the discipline he must have for his job
Give quotations from charge of the light brigade
Into the jaws of death/ into the mouth of hell
Honour the light brigade
Noble six hundred
Cannon to the left of them cannon to the right of them cannon in front of them
When can their glory fade
Give quotations from exposure
But nothing happens Snow dazed/ snow dozed Merciless iced east winds that knife us Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence Our brains ache Poignant misery Is it that we are dying
Give quotations from war photographer
Spools of suffering set out in ordered rows
Home again
All flesh is grass
He has a job to do
Half formed ghost
To do what someone must
Give quotations from remains
Possibly armed possibly not
Well myself and somebody else and somebody else
Sort of inside out
End of story, except not really
His bloody life, in my bloody hands
What does futility of war mean
Pointlessness of war
What does medias res mean
Poem starts in the middle of the action eg- beyonet charge
What is deviation
A change
What is ambiguity
2 interpretations
What is enjambment
No punctuation in a line and it carries through the the next one
What is Volta
Turn of thought
